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Engaging activity to switch off?

seekeraftertruth

Hello, 

I don't have any activity or hobby that helps me turn my brain off. My hobbies are reading and playing video games but I tend to find games quite tense, so although I play them, I don't feel relaxed during or afterwards, even though I tend to play adventure games or RPGs (so, it's not fast or shooty games that I play).

I think I would find detail work quite relaxing. I tried drawing a map like this guy: https://youtu.be/63DZ7nLpSDE

but it wasn't very relaxing. I think maybe looking at a map like that really close up might be quite relaxing, like having my face really close to it so it fills my vision and I can see detail or trace pathways through the city.

I once got a new board game and spent an hour sorting all the different components into small plastic bags very relaxing (I didn't realise whilst doing it, because I was so engaged in it, it was only when I sat back at the end when I noticed how relaxed I was, it literally felt like I'd just spent the entire day at a spa).

I'm looking for an activity I can do to make me feel like that. I think it will be something I can do at the kitchen table and without a screen (I want to switch off so I'd be happy if it was done on paper). 

Does anyone have any suggestions for things I can do, or what you do? Happy to take suggestions from psychologists too, if there's something obvious I can try. 

Thanks. 

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  • in reply to seekeraftertruth

    Puzzler magazine so it's a mixture of different types of crosswords (straight and cryptic which aren't too challenging but not dead easy or both with general knowledge), numerical crosswords, logic based puzzles where you have to deduce linked information from clues, there's loads really! And it's good because there's different puzzles depending on your mood, level if challenger you want, concentration and energy levels.